it is if he is hindering an investigation of whatr really happened. or god forbid, he is lying to police.
as a retired reporter, what bothers me isn't so much what really happened. its the lying, the conscious effort to cover everything up and protect his squeeky clean image.
slightly ot, i have a very good friend who would go to the ends of the earth to hide the fact she had numerous lesbian affairs and prove she is straight. i learn more and more all the time how wrapped up she is in preserving a false image. its very, very sad.